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M2.0 earthquake 4 km S of Lebach, Germany

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 4 km S of Lebach, Germany on Wed, Aug 13, 2003, 2:19 AM GMT+2 (00:19 UTC), 1 km (1 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.3 2 km SE of Carling, France. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.0 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2003-08-13 00:19:15 UTC
Depth
1.0 km (0.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
49.373° N, 6.900° E
Region
Germany
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

What happened

The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.

no people dead or missing; no people injured; no buildings damaged or destroyed

From the USGS event page for usp000c4qp. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Depth from
OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
Station coverage gap
202°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
9

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 15 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.22 km NNE of Beckingen, Germany · 8452 days ago · 1 km deep · 15 km away
  2. 2.12 km W of Weiten, Germany · 8431 days ago · 1 km deep · 33 km away
  3. 1.715 km WNW of Cirey-sur-Vezouze, France · 8421 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
  4. 1.81 km ENE of Boulay-Moselle, France · 8415 days ago · 1 km deep · 34 km away
  5. 2.32 km SE of Carling, France · 8410 days ago · 1 km deep · 27 km away
  6. 2.31 km NNW of Münster-Sarmsheim, Germany · 8410 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away

Before

  1. 3.01 km ESE of Freyming-Merlebach, France · 8457 days ago · 1 km deep · 26 km away
  2. 2.24 km E of Saarwellingen, Germany · 8459 days ago · 1 km deep · 3 km away
  3. 2.02 km N of Ludweiler-Warndt, Germany · 8461 days ago · 1 km deep · 16 km away
  4. 2.61 km NW of Gœrsdorf, France · 8461 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
  5. 2.33 km SE of Gœrsdorf, France · 8462 days ago · 2 km deep · 82 km away
  6. 2.11 km ESE of Nalbach, Germany · 8463 days ago · 1 km deep · 7 km away
  7. 2.21 km ENE of Dillingen, Germany · 8464 days ago · 1 km deep · 12 km away
  8. 3.23 km ENE of Freyming-Merlebach, France · 8467 days ago · 1 km deep · 24 km away
  9. 1.81 km SSW of Saarwellingen, Germany · 8473 days ago · 1 km deep · 8 km away
  10. 2.52 km N of Betschdorf, France · 8474 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
  11. 2.62 km NNW of Surbourg, France · 8477 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
  12. 1.81 km SSW of Soultz-sous-Forêts, France · 8480 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away
  13. 2.33 km NW of Surbourg, France · 8481 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
  14. 3.02 km N of Freyming-Merlebach, France · 8481 days ago · 1 km deep · 24 km away
  15. 1.75 km W of Cirey-sur-Vezouze, France · 8483 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000c4qp. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 10:33 PM UTC.